I know some of you all are too young to remember the Harding/Shepard match I was talking about, and many of the matches you've posted I also saw and all were great, BUT...

You must realize that Harding was going for his 4th state championship. This was before "sudden victory" overtime. Harding was dinged twice for stalling in the third period, the second of which tied the match. At the end of the third period of overtime it was STILL tied. The referee's decision went to about the third or fourth level of criteria (and lasted like forever it seemed in front of a dead silent stadium) before Shepard was awarded the match thwarting Harding's quest for 4.

Maybe you had to be there.


Troy Reitcheck